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04.23.21 | Coffee Stained Notebook | by John Jones
I know coffee entrepreneur Mark Hellweg and respect him a great deal. He is a well-known authority on coffee and espresso production in the home. He is extraordinarily devoted to his craft.
04.22.21 | Discipleship | by Jeremy Gaines
Each one of us has a different way to tell time. Of course, we all have clocks and calendars that divide our lives into neatly defined, equal periods of time. But that’s not how we as creatures of habit tell time.
04.22.21 | Coffee Stained Notebook | by John Jones
So, two of your favorite people walk into a room, sit down, and begin to talk. That happens on Dan Doriani’s podcast for the Center for Faith and Work in St. Louis...
04.20.21 | Coffee Stained Notebook | by John Jones
For several years I have been recommending Greg Gilbert’s little book, What is the Gospel? This is a good resource for slowly unpacking the elements of the gospel (if we can say it that way).
04.16.21 | Coffee Stained Notebook | by John Jones
I enjoy listening to sermons...I also enjoy podcasts that devote time to focus on books of the Bible or passages ... Here are my top six.
04.15.21 | Shepherding | by John Jones
I don’t particularly care for numbers, but I’d like to share a few, especially since they connect with an application. So, out of character for me, I thought I would share some numbers that may help to give a picture our church body, a numeric...
04.15.21 | Coffee Stained Notebook | by John Jones
I’d like to think that everyone has read a tall stack of books during the pandemic (thus far). I have read several books this past year. Several. But not everyone does. This is not a problem per se...
What Do Even the Critics Agree On?
04.13.21 | Coffee Stained Notebook | by John Jones
Mark Bauerlein at First Things interviews Justin Bass in the talk, Mere Historical Christianity. Dr. Bass is...
04.09.21 | Coffee Stained Notebook | by John Jones
I have a son whose answer to the question, “What do you want to be when you grow up,” was simply, I want to be a worker. These words were spoken...
Another Meditation on the Life of David
04.08.21 | Shepherding | by Dan Steere
David went back and forth from Saul to tend his father’s flock in Bethlehem. ~ 1 Samuel 17.15 It must have been very difficult for the youngest son, who had...